2023
Intracranial Entrainment Reveals Statistical Learning across Levels of Abstraction
Sherman B, Aljishi A, Graves K, Quraishi I, Sivaraju A, Damisah E, Turk-Browne N. Intracranial Entrainment Reveals Statistical Learning across Levels of Abstraction. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 35: 1312-1328. PMID: 37262357, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain
Tong L, Hill RA, Damisah EC, Murray KN, Yuan P, Bordey A, Grutzendler J. Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain. Nature Protocols 2020, 16: 472-496. PMID: 33299155, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-00425-w.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowMural cellsBlood-brain barrier maintenanceCerebral ischemia mouse modelAge-related neurodegenerative diseasesCerebral blood flowSmooth muscle cell physiologyBrain blood vesselsIschemia mouse modelVascular mural cellsBrain microvesselsHigh-resolution intravital imagingVascular disordersMouse modelBlood flowMuscle cell physiologyTransgenic miceCalcium transientsAlzheimer's diseaseCalcium imagingCell subtypesBarrier maintenanceNeurodegenerative diseasesTwo-photon optogeneticsBlood vessels
2017
Targeted two-photon chemical apoptotic ablation of defined cell types in vivo
Hill RA, Damisah EC, Chen F, Kwan AC, Grutzendler J. Targeted two-photon chemical apoptotic ablation of defined cell types in vivo. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 15837. PMID: 28621306, PMCID: PMC5501159, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell deathNucleic acid-binding dyeVivo functional consequencesCell type differencesPattern of apoptosisDose-dependent apoptosisComplex organismsMitochondrial fissionFluorescent proteinUnderstanding of mechanismsCell typesCell clearanceFunctional consequencesIndividual cellsDiverse organsDistinct populationsApoptosisMouse brainZebrafishMajor bottleneckNeural plasticityOrganismsSpeciesProteinApoptoticA fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging
Damisah EC, Hill RA, Tong L, Murray KN, Grutzendler J. A fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging. Nature Neuroscience 2017, 20: 1023-1032. PMID: 28504673, PMCID: PMC5550770, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4564.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
5-Aminovaleric acid suppresses the development of severe seizures in the methionine sulfoximine model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Dhaher R, Damisah EC, Wang H, Gruenbaum SE, Ong C, Zaveri HP, Gruenbaum BF, Eid T. 5-Aminovaleric acid suppresses the development of severe seizures in the methionine sulfoximine model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurobiology Of Disease 2014, 67: 18-23. PMID: 24632421, PMCID: PMC4035438, DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMesial temporal lobe epilepsyTemporal lobe epilepsyNumber of seizuresLobe epilepsyHippocampal formationMesial temporal lobe seizuresSevere typeEntorhinal-hippocampal areaExpression of seizuresStages of seizuresTemporal lobe seizuresDorsal hippocampal formationLocalization-related epilepsyMale Sprague-DawleyPotential therapeutic targetSeizure frequencyAlzet pumpsRacine scaleSevere seizuresSecond surgerySprague-DawleyPump placementMethionine sulfoximineGlutamine-glutamateTherapeutic target